microsoft / microsoft/conductor
feat(cli): allow default log_file to be configured in workflow.yaml
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Description
Summary
--log-file can only be specified as a CLI argument Workflow authors cannot set a default in the workflow definition.
Users must remember to pass --log-file auto every time -- when forgotten, crashes leave no diagnostic log.
Problem
・When --log-file is not passed, crashes leave no diagnostic information.
・This is especially painful for long-running workflows(30-60 min) that crash near the end.
・default_model, max_tokens, temperature, timeout can already be configured in YAML, but log_file is the exception.
Proposal
Add a log_file field to the runtime: block.
workflow:
runtime:
log_file: auto
Accepts the same values as CLI --log-file:
・auto -- Generate a timestamped path in $TMPDIR/conductor/ (same as --log-file auto).
・A file path (e.g. ./logs/run.log) -- Write to that path directly.
・Omitted -- No file logging (current default, unchanged).
Precedence
CLI --log-file overrides the YAML value when both are specified.
・CLI --log-file specified -> Use CLI value
・CLI unset + YAML log_file set -> Use YAML value
・Neither set -> No logging (current behavior)
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Research direction
Start by locating the CLI --log-file handling and the workflow runtime: configuration parser. Trace how omitted, auto, and explicit path values are represented, then verify that the CLI value takes precedence over YAML. Done means runtime.log_file accepts the documented values without changing the current no-logging default, with tests covering each precedence case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100